As Hoya have been making glass for many lens manufacturing companies, one of which is Tokina, I wonder if the Hoya take over of the Pentax coorporation will mean, that there's really no more (new) Pentax glass? Pentax will porobably (hopefully) be developing lenses and cameras, but the glass will be Hoya Pentax glass, right? This does, however not have much to do with Tokina, except the future Tokina lenses (also) will be equiped with Hoya Pentax glass. Regards
Jens Bladt Nytarkort / Greeting Card: http://www.jensbladt.dk/godtnytaar2007/lydshow.html http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Dario Bonazza Sendt: 28. januar 2007 17:53 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: shrinking Tokina lens line That was already evident at Photokina last September, where they were only promoting the Pentax co-developed lenses. At that time, I was rather surprised by that. Now I better understand it all as a re-shaping of their line, something that Pentax did in 2005-2006 with the infamous Pentax lens massacre (which in practice killed all non-digital lenses). That was fruitful from the Pentax accountants point of view (less so from the customer point of view). Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Roshchin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:39 PM Subject: shrinking Tokina lens line > > I just looked at the line of Tokina AF lenses and was surprised: > they removed many good lenses from there: > http://thkphoto.com/products/tokina/index.html > > I am not sure if this is a sign that they are soon to introduce "digital" > versions of the older lenses (28-70 and 19-35), or they are shrinking > their manufacturing under Tokina brand > (possibly as a result of the recent merger). > > Any thoughts, information? > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/654 - Release Date: 01/27/2007 17:02 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.14/658 - Release Date: 01/29/2007 14:49 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
